REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY

• The study of earth from space

• 2 types :
1. active remote sensing
2. Passive remote sensing
 USE OF REMOTE SENSING
TECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTURE
1. Monitoring changes in land
2. Monitoring the condition of soil
3. Agriculture yield forecast
4. Land mapping
FORESTRY
1. Forest monitoring and illegal logging
2. Forestry monitoring
3. Wet lands and jungle gardens management
GEOLOGY
1. Exploration of minerals and petroleum
2. Mapping of land form

ENVIRONMENT
1. monitoring air and water pollution
2. Soil erosion mapping
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. monitoring forest fires, oil spill, flood and
landslides.